1月1日故事：Do You Act-or React 主动还是被动 故事

yy2235

Please read the story carefully,then translate the red sentences and tell me what are you thinking about when you read the whole story~Don't be shy,just make your imagination fly in your sky!

  I walked with my friend to the newsstand the other night, and he bought a paper, and thanked the newspaper seller politely. The vendor didn't even acknowledging.
   "A sullen fellow, isn't he?" I commented.
   "Oh, he's that way every night," shrugged my friend.
   "Then why do you continue to be so polite to him?" I asked.
   "Why not?"inquired my friend." Why should I let him decide how I'm going to act?"
   As I thought about this incident later, it occurred to me that the important word was" act".My friend acts toward people. Most of us react toward someone else.
   He has a sense of inner balance which is lacking in most of us. He knows who he is, what he stands for and how he should behave. He refuses to respond to incivility with incivility, because then he would no longer be in command of his own conduct.
    We shouldn't expect free things from others. We should be willing to pay.           ——A.Maurois

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yimpatric

let me learn it please !

云舟一念

1、The vendor didn't even acknowledging.
这个小商贩连一个招呼都不打。
2、He knows who he is, what he stands for and how he should behave.
他知道他是谁，他代表着什么，他如何行为举止。
3、We shouldn't expect free things from others. We should be willing to pay.
我们不能期待别人的回馈，我们能够做到的是付出。


Pay more than returns.
We shouldn't expect free things from others. We should be willing to pay.

sweet_smile

1、The vendor didn't even acknowledging.
这个小商贩连一个招呼都不打。
2、He knows who he is, what he stands for and how he should behave.
他知道他是谁，他代表着什么，他如何行为举止。
3、We shouldn't expect free things from others. We should be willing to pay.
我们不能期待别人的回馈，我们能够做到的是付出。